Metal glass-setting.



W. L. EVANS, JR. METAL GLASS SETTING. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3. 1913.

1 ,1 99,356. Petented Sept. 26,1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET I. illy-J.

WITNESSES ATTO RN EY w. L. EVANS, JR. METAL GLASS SETTING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3, I9I3.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

F11 F .4. Y F .5. w 14 M 16:14 if 157 15 fl J3 Z4 Z2 6 10 22 1 10 21 21nil/mm. Elia/115(1).

INVENTOR TTOHNEY Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

WILLIAM LEWIS EVANS, JR., OF WASHINGTON, INDIANA.

METAL GLASS-SETTIN G.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 3, 1913. Serial No. 751,795.

'1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM L. EvANs, J12, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at lVashington, in the county of Daviess and State ofIndiana, have invented a new and useful Metal Glass-Setting, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in glass settings,especially those made of metal, and its object is to provide a metalglass setting whereby abundant and even ventilation is provided toprevent fogging or frosting of the glass and also to provide fordrainage.

In accordance with the present invention there is provided a backingsupport and a removable bead or molding between which the edge of theglass is clamped, one or both parts being of metal, preferably of sheetform and corrugated, the corrugations being so arranged that in allhorizontal runs of the clamping members the corrugations aresubstantially vertical, or in general the corrugations are transverse tothe length of the backing and holding bead or molding. It is customary,although not obligatory, to form the framing supports forl the glassclamping members of wood, and it is also customary to extend that memberof the clamping devices which is effectively stationary, so as toconstitute ornamental molding or facing portions, but even that is notobligatory.

The invention is particularly adapted for securing plate glass in storefronts or in any other position where there is usually a liability ofdifference of temperature between the two faces of the glass, frequentlyresulting in the foggng of the glass by moisture that in cold weatherwill freeze and further obscure the glass. The present inventionprovides a multitude of ventilating pamages all about the edges of theglass, so that there is free circulation of air and the temperature ofthe exposed and inner faces of the glass pane or sheet is approximatelyeven and deposition of moisture from the air is thereby prevented, thusavoiding fogging or frosting. In the case of a storm, however, theexposed surfaces of the glass will become wet and under somecircumstances the inner face of the glass may become wet, but in eitherinstance the moisture will gravitate toward the bottom of the glass, andthere findready escape because of the many channels provided by thecorrugations. Again, the corrugated metal is very sensibly stronger orstiffer than sheet metal of the same gage when uncorrugated, and theclamping members are therefore much stronger and stiifer than would bethe case were the parts not corrugated and the glass may be clampedtightly without liability of subsequently loosening.

The invention will be best :understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, with thefurther understanding that while the'drawings show a practicalembodiment of the invention, the latter is not confined to any exactconformity with the showing of the drawings but may Patented Sept. 26,1916.

be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications markno material departure from the salient features of the invention.

In the drawings :F igure 1 is an elevation of a store front showing theapplication of the invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is asection on the line 44 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 ofFig. 1. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section showing the glass settingadjacent an inset door or the like. Figs. 7 and 8 are detailperspectives of portions of the metal members of the glass setting shownin Fig. 2.

The present invention is not confined in use to any particular location,or to any particular arrangement wherein it is desirable to fasten glasssheets or panes, particularly plate glass or the like, in position.However, as the invention is particularly adapted for the setting ofplate glass store windowsvarious adaptations of the invention for suchpurpose are illustrated in the drawing without in any manner limitingthe use of the invention to such particular associations.

In Fig. 1 there is shown a store front having a main window pane 1 andother panes 2, 3 above the pane l and at one side of the show window soproduced there is an entrance door 4, which, as is quite customary inshow windows, is inset to the depth of the window so that the door iseither on the building line with the window projecting, or the window ison the building line with the door set back an appropriate distance. Theglass panes are supported. H

by cross rails 5, 6, 7 and upright rails 8, 9, the latter of which mayform a jamh for the door 4. At appropriate points the rails 5, 6 and '7and also the uprights 8 and 9 have strips 10 made fast thereto in anyappropriate manner, and while it is not at all obligatory in thepractice of the present invention that the various rails and stripsmentioned should be made of wood, it is usually customary to so makethem. Each strip 10 forms a backing strip for the respective glass pane1, 2 or 3, and the strip is of such size as to extend an appropriatedistance away from the rail 5, 6 or 7, or the upright 8 or 9, as thecase may be, to engage to an appropriate extent the corresponding edgeportion of the glass pane. Each strip 10 is covered by a sheet 11 ofmetal, it being customary to cover three sides of the strip which may besubstantially rectangular in cross section, or to cover an equivalentproportion of the strip when it is other than rectangular in crosssection. The metal sheet is continued, as shown at 12, in engagementwith the corresponding face of the rail 5, 6 or 7, or the upright 8 or 9to form an abutment for the corresponding edge of the glass pane 1, 2 or3, as the case may be. It is not always desirable to have the edge ofthe glass in direct contact with the metal extension 12, whereforeblocks 13 may be introduced between the edge of the glass and the metalwhich might otherwise be engaged by the glass, and these blocks may beappropriately spaced apart for a purpose which will presently appear.While the metal sheet 11 may be secured to the strips 10 by screws 14which can also serve .as fastening means for the strips 10, such anarrangement is not at all obligatory and other fastening means maybesubstituted, so that the showing of the drawings in this respect is tobe taken simply as indicative of any suitable means for the purpose.

In order to clamp the glass pane when placed against the metal coveredstrip 10, a metallic head or molding 15 is provided, this bead beingusually curved in cross section into shallow channel form or otherwisesuitably shaped for both stiffness and ornamental purposes and the edgesmay be returned upon themselves, as indicated at 16, to strengthen thesaid edges and prevent the exposure of any raw edges. Screws 17 may beemployed for holding the head or molding in place with such pressure asmay be advisable against the corresponding face of the glass near theedge-thereof to force the other face of the glass against the metalcovered strip 10. Furthermore, by providing a laterally curved orchannel shaped retaining molding or head with the fastening devicestraversing it near the edge remote from that engaging the glass, acertain degree of elasticity or give is provided which permits a tightclamping of the corresponding edge of the glass between the bead ormolding 15 and the backing strip 10 or its metallic coating 11, and theclasticity of the head or strip 15 compensates for the shrinkage orexpansion of the metal under heat or atmospheric conditions. The moldingis also greatly stiffened by being corrugated laterally or atsubstantially right anglesto its length and this also contributes toincrease the clampingeftect of the molding against the glass pane.

At an appropriate distance from the strip 10 the extension 12 of themetal sheet may be bent into a shoulder 18 from which the sheet iscontinued "in a direction away from the strip 10 as an ornamental head19 which may constitute the terminal edge of the sheet with respect tothe strip 10 as in the form shown in Fig. 6, or if this edge c0rvresponds to the edge of one of the main timbers or supporting rails,then it may be 4 continued around such edge as indicated at 20 in Figs.2 and 4 and adjacent the opposite edge of the supporting timber or railbe formed into an ornamental projection 21, as in Fig. 4, and thisornamental projection may coalesce into an extension 22 of the metalcoating 11 of a strip 10 when located on top of a supporting strip ortimber, as the rails or timbers 6 or 7 of Figs. 4 and 5, although in thestructure of Fig. 5 there is no strip 10 on the under face of the rail7, but simply a protecting continuation of the extension 12, whichcontinuation is indicated at 23. Wherever a metallic extension from abacking strip 10 is so located as to be on top of a supporting rail ortimber, the shoulder 18 and head 19 are omitted, and the extension 22may terminate in any suitable manner either in an ornamental extension21 or otherwise, but always so that there is an unimpeded passage fromthe respective backing strip 10 to the outer edge of the continuation22.

All the sheet metal parts are preferably formed with corrugations 2awhich not only add to the ornamental appearance, but serve two importantfunctions, one of which is to strengthen the sheet metal so that ifdesired a lighter gage metal may be used than could otherwise beemployed, and, moreover, providing a multitude of small channels aroundthe clamped edge of the glass so that there is relatively free accessofair from the exterior of theglass pane to the interior face thereof. Thecorrugations are so arranged as to extend substantially laterally of thelength of the sheet metal clamping members, so that in the case of thoseclamping members engaging What constitute the lower edges of the glasspanes when installed, there are many channels for the escape of water ofcondensation, or any'other water which may find its way to either faceof the glass. The glass is clamped about the edges from opposite facesat many closely adjacent points, which points of contact, however, arespaced apart by channels forming a multitude of passages between theexterior and interior of the glass pane or plate, so that not only isthere free but uniform ventilation between the outside and inside of thewindow or other space closed by the glass, and any moisture which mightaccumulate on the interior of the glass and gravitate to the bottomthereof finds ready escape through the many channels provided, thepresence of the molding 15 in no wise interfering with such escape. Thechance of sweating or fogging or frosting of the interior of the glassis practically eliminated, since the abundant ventilation and its evendistribution prevent any marked differ ence of temperature between theexposed and protected faces of the glass.

lVhile the corrugated metal setting need not be more extensive than toinclude the clamping face of astrip 10 and extend therefrom a sufficientdistance to accommodate the clamping strip or'molding 15, the metal maybe made,sufficiently extensive to cover all or so great a part as may bedeemed necessary of the exposed or exterior faces of the supportingrails or timbers, thus greatly adding to the ornamental effect produced.

The corrugations sufiiciently stiffen the sheet metal to permit theomission of the strips 10, although usually it is advantageous to retainthem, and, furthermore, the corrugations so stiffen the sheet metal thatit readily retains the ornamental form without liability of distortionunder ordinary conditions of use.

The metal sheathing 11 for the strip 10 is in one piece with theextension 12, and moreover constitutes a channel shaped abutment for therear surface of the installed glass pane. The setting structure istherefore stiffened by the longitudinal channel abutment 11 back of theset window pane and the bead orbeads exterior to such window pane, suchbeads being in effect longitudinal channels. Furthermore, the setting isgreatly stiffened by the longitudinal series of corrugations, whichseries may be coextensive with the setting while the length of eachcorrugation is crosswise or in the direction of the Width of thesetting. Thus the setting is made stiff and rigid both longitudinallyand laterally and at the same time effective ventilation is obtained byreason of the corrugations. The depth "of the corrugations should besuflicient for the purposes of the present invention but need not beproportionately as great as indicated in the drawings.

C'ertain of the advantages of the invention may be realized by using awooden glass holding bead, say a quarter-round molding,

in place of the metallic bead 15. Such wooden bead might be employed forthe cheaper grades of settings.

hat is claimed is 1. In show-window construction, a setting for a glasspane comprising an elongated member of sheet metal formed along one longside into a channel portion constituting an abutment for the rear faceof the set glass pane, said elongated member being of a width to extendto and beyond the front face of the glass pane, and a removableglass-reta-ining bead or molding engaging the front extension of theelongated member and the front face of the glass pane to hold the latteragainst the abutment, the elongated member being formed with alongitudinal series of transverse corrugations for stiffening the memberboth longi-' tudinally and laterally and for providing a multitude ofdirect ventilating passages around the corresponding edge of the set 7glass pane and along the abutment Where engaging the glass pane.

2. In show-window construction, a setting for a glass pane comprising"an elongated member of sheet metal formed along one long side into achannel portion constituting an abutment for the rear face of the saidglass pane, said elongated member being of a width to extend to andbeyond the front face of the said set glass pane, and a removable glassretaining bead or molding of sheet metal formed with a longitudinalseries of transverse corrugations and bent into channel form and appliedto the front extension of the sheet metal member and against the frontface of the set glass pane to hold the latter against the abutment, saidabutment portion of the sheet metal member and the front extensionthereof being formed with a longitudinal series of transversecorrugations common to both wherebv the setting is stiffened bothlongitudinally and laterally and the corru-- gations provide a multitudeof direct ventilating passages between the interior and exterior of thewindow around the corresponding edge of the pane.

3. In show-window construction, a setting fora glass pane comprising anelon gated strip of corrugated sheet metal bent along one long edge intoan outstanding abutment portion for the corresponding part of a glasspane and with the length of the corrugations arranged crosswise ortransversely of the length of said strip, and said strip being of awidth to extend for a distance beyond the front face of the set glasspane, and a removable bead or molding applied to the front extension ofthe corrugated metal strip in holding relation to the front face of thepane of glass for clamping it against the corrugated face of theabutment.

4C. In show-window construction, a setting for a glass pane comprising asubstantially flat elongated sheet metal strip bent along one long edgeinto a channelshaped abutment portion outstanding from one face of thestrip and located interior to the installed glass pane, the flat portionof the strip being of a width to extend to and beyond the front face ofthe window pane and there bent into a longitudinal outstanding beadprojecting from the same face of the strip as the abutment portion, anda removable channel-shaped glass retaining bead or molding engaging thefront face of the glass pane opposite the abutment and also engagingthe, front projecting portion of the metal strip between the bead andthe glass pane, said elongated metal strip being formed with alongitudinal series of transverse corrugations whereby the strip isstiffened and there is provided a multitude of direct ventilatingpassages around the corresponding edge of the glass pane.

5. In show -window construction, supporting rails for and in surroundingrelation to a glass pane, an elongated strip of sheet metal on each railformed along one long edge into an oifstanding channel. portionconstituting an abutment for the glass pane and located within thewindow structure, the metal strip being of a width to extend to andbeyond the front face of the glass pane, a filling strip for eachabutment portion, fastening devices for the filling strip alsotraversing the metal strip at the channel portion to hold the metalstrip and filling strip to the rail, and a shallow channel-shapedretaining bead or molding lodged against the outer face of the glasspane and against the forward extension of the metal strip with fasteningdevices traversing both the bead and the metal strip and entering thecorresponding rail to hold the glass pane against the abutment, saidmetal strips each having a continuous longitudinal series of transversecorrugations along the face'of the abutment engaging the glass pane andalong theforward extension of the strip to provide a multitude ofdirectventilating passages around the corresponding edges of the glass paneand along the engaging faces of the abutments between the exterior andinterior of the window, at the top, bottom and sides of the glass pane.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoafiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM LEWIS EVANS, JR.

Witnesses:

O. D. CALVIN, C. C. IMGENBLTES.

